Occasionally the film is so bad it's almost funny, if you think a scene in which a cat is used as a football is funny.
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07/10/08
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:64
Rotten:113
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: You Don't Mess With the Zohan features intermittent laughs, and will please Sandler diehards, but after awhile the leaky premise wears thin.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $100,018,837
Synopsis: Dennis Dugan (BIG DADDY, HAPPY GILMORE) directs this comedy co-written by Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel. Disco- and hummus-loving Zohan (Sandler) is the Israeli army's best weapon.... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson
Director: Dennis Dugan
Reviews for You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Top CriticThings work out, of course, to everyone's satisfaction: there are a few political gags that have a veneer of audacity, but in essence, the movie takes risks only with its audience's gag reflex.
06/20/08
Top CriticIf only the Zohan hadn’t messed with us. Worse than his excruciating Chuck And Larry, Sandler seems determined to refine the unfunny comedy. Please, Mr Sandler, stop it. Please. It hurts.
06/20/08
Top CriticIt goes on too long, but I enjoyed much of the crazy, off-the-wall nature of this political satire and the Sandler-Apatow brand of humour.
06/16/08
Top CriticWarts and all, Zohan adds to a beautiful vision
08/26/09
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04/23/09
...the latest in a long line of underwhelming Adam Sandler comedies...
10/24/08
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10/18/08
Top CriticYou have to give Adam Sandler some credit: He is trying new things and working to expand his particular brand of juvenile comedy, albeit not always successfully.
10/18/08
I cracked up during a lot of this movie.
10/18/08
The ideas and some of the individual bits in Zohan work, but the crudeness of the execution undermines the results.
10/18/08
This counter-terrorism satire is its own worst enemy. Especially whenever Sandler's whining geek turned combo swaggering assassin hair stylist's too-much-information bulging prosthetic crotch pops up.
10/05/08
Slightly better than most.
10/01/08
An army hero wearing Mariah Carey t-shirts? Yes. Yes. Yes.
09/08/08
Sandler prefers to fall back on cartoonish stunt action, sleazy innuendo and bodily fluid gags. These things may satisfy his core fan-base, but everyone else will leave the cinema feeling a bit cheated.
08/15/08
The worst thing about the film is not that but the constant, feeble sexual innuendos with which Sandler saddles himself.
08/15/08
Images of a thrusting male pelvis haunt the sensitive critic yet.
08/15/08
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine isn’t exactly the obvious choice of topic for a comedy – which is perhaps why this film is about as funny as a suicide bombing.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe central character may be a spin on Borat, and many of the jokes a touch familiar, but the whole package is so unbelievably silly, you’ll find yourself laughing for at least half the running time.
08/15/08
The central character may be a spin on Borat, and many of the jokes a touch familiar, but the whole package is so unbelievably silly, you’ll find yourself laughing for at least half the running time.
08/15/08
Latest News for You Don't Mess With The Zohan
October 05, 2008:
This counter-terrorism satire is its own worst enemy. Especially whenever Sandler's whining geek turned combo swaggering assassin hair stylist's too-much-information bulging prosthetic crotch pops up. 
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August 19, 2008:
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In a move that will leave some American filmgoers seething with jealousy, censors in Egypt, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates have banned Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With... More...
August 16, 2008:
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